Discrimination Happens Everywhere: What Support Do States and Societies Really Offer? Germany has the laws, the helplines, the welcoming signs in café windows. I wanted to find out what happens when you actually try to use any of it.
My Tactics for Survival (as an Immigrant in Germany) Practical, discursive tactics for maintaining emotional well-being, preserving dignity, and resisting everyday prejudice as an immigrant in Germany.
What Well-Educated Means and Why I Wear This Label Standard metrics like a PhD or middle-class background define "well-educated". As an immigrant in Germany, I use this label with deliberate irony to navigate bureaucracy, challenge stereotypes.
What “Kanak” Means and Why I Claim This Identity Although originally derived from a Hawaiian word meaning ‘person,’ Kanak became a derogatory label in Germany targeting immigrant workers. I claim this identity not out of cultural inheritance, but as a deliberate social and political stance to navigate my own migration experience in Berlin.